Yup. Somedays youāre outstanding and somedays youāre just doing it cos it keeps your mind right. I am often even more grateful on those days.
Been on holiday for six days and not done fuck all. Feeling right like a pancake.
Having said that I adjusted my straight legged deadlift technique today ā¦ humbling. Dunno what tf I was doing thereā¦ 
Ahem. Moving right alongā¦ 
Have a great strong day folks!
Does this also mean youāre immune against the dreaded gym disease of fuckarounditis? 
Gotta work on my flex face i think. Pound sign steaks, weights, protein shakes. So blessed to be sober and take my fitness serious now.
LOL! Its all serious until some 00s hip hop comes on. Then its fuck around time!
Thatās my problemā¦which means Iām not at all serious when I workout. Real hard to focus when Iām fighting the urge to dance in between each set.
Deload week for this fella, i never took them before and shit started falling apart.
Deloads are when muscles grow also
Sup guys, I been busy doing a new schedule:
Push day
Pull day
Leg day
Rest day
REPEAT
Also still running 3 times a week, shits been crazy. Enjoying the finer things in life too, this is my new anthem:
Gonna post more stuff soon
Love deload. Only started doing them this April! Total gamechanger.
Do you guys take down weight or volume? (I do volume, itās great.)
When I deload I just take a full week off. Your body needs that, youāll feel stronger after that week, at least I do. I deload once every 3 months
when you deload do you still do cardio stuff? I am definitely addicted to burning energy and find it very difficult to have off days.
Yeah thatās my experience as well. I do deloading as said but also take a few days off here and there when Iām sick or on holidays. I see it as you say, the body is grateful for the rest period. 
@Luckyredz the idea is to give the body some respite from your usual routine. So it depends what you usually do and what you are training for in general. Some light cardio or yoga(!) are not a problem imo. Neither are reduced weight or reduced volume sets. The work load should be less than half your regular stuff. Excessive cardio is not good if youāre trying to give your muscles a break though, obviously.
yeah that makes sense cheers
I personally drop weight and volume way down.
Thatās what I do. Full week off, every 8-12 weeks. Itās a good mental break as well as physical.
Then dance! Iām groovin the whole time Iām in the gym. Canāt fight it when the right tune hits.
I just started trying drop sets 2 days ago.
Iāve always gone up in weight as I progressed through my workout but I figured Iād try something different. Iām really loving it. I feel like with the lower weight Iām able to maintain good form and posture instead of cheating to get the reps. Maybe not exactly the same as deloading, but still something that seems to help a lot.
Tried a new branch of my gym. Itās in my old hood. Roomy, new machines, different view, and the elliptical gave me more calories and average watts for the same routine 
. So a pretty good experience over all. Will not be there too often as itās a bit far away. Anyway. Been thinking about doing some strength too in the not too distant future. All Iāve been doing is spinning and elliptical for a couple of years now. I donāt like to do strength. But Iāll make myself like it somehow.
Itās good to be back to regular workouts. Most important thing for me is to pace myself a little bit. Every other day is more then enough for now. So I cancelled todayās gym-before-work visit. Spinning tomorrow morning, elliptical and some strength on Monday. One day (every other day) at a time.
I use the last set first once in a while too, sometimes small tweaks make a big difference. I do feel strong as fuck after a deload week, like a 20 year old full of piss and vinegar.
Yeah back in the day I used to think Iād be weak AF if I took a day or week off and that I would lose muscle. Then ironically I started drinking my face off and stopped lifting altogether.
Now Iāve learned that rest is key.
